Fri Jan 9 10:18:00 2015 Get out and ride, Darin! Cold and snow just means less people in the way and no bugs. I did a short ride on Monday night, subzero the entire time, really didn't feel that cold. An extra layer and foot warmers in my boots and I was nice and toasty. I had planned to ride further, but the trail was too snowy so I had to hit the roads and all the red lights and stop signs made my goggles fog up and ice over way too fast.

Thu Oct 16 09:28:00 2014 So...apparently my email hates certain addresses lately and refuses to send to said peeps...If you have not heard a response from me...the ride is still on for Friday!You still must find your own way back.You should try and let me know a total number of folks at the food truck ending by this afternoon. i can then let the food truck know how much to buy...

Meeting at Lock 39 parking on Rockside and rolling out no later than 9am.Some of us are doing breakfast at Yours Truly at 8...join in!ride: 65 miles "ish"Cue sheets will be available. 3-4 regroup stops...lunch en route. Pay yer own way.Non-supported15-17mph ave overall speed.Hope to see ya there!

Fri Jun 27 17:17:00 2014 AWESOME. I am almost up to 3 additional free Pints from Over the Bar Bicycle Cafe in PITTSBURGH. And I will be in YinzerVille tomorrow night, and next Saturday...nothing says SUCK IT PGH like using CLE-counting miles to drink their beer for free. BOOM.

Fri Jun 27 15:28:00 2014 I've signed up for the challenge with my home zip code, which is a suburb of Cleveland. Are my miles counting for the Cleveland vs Pittsburgh Rust Belt Battle? I checked on the National leadership community section and I'm not on the list of Cleveland riders.

Wed Jun 25 22:02:00 2014 Average 15.1 mph, I tried to out run a thunder storm in the Rocky River Metroparks. Got to my car just as it started to pour down rain. For someone that's terrified of lightning, I was a conquering a fear in peddling on a day like today.

Fri Jun 13 16:43:00 2014 It's cool endomondo, I didn't want 13 miles from my 20 mile ride yesterday included on my total. Not sure why it shows up on the team page but not my individual total, but whatever, guess I'll just have to ride another 13

Thu Jun 12 19:44:00 2014 You don't have to use any app...or you ca use the app of your choice, and then, while you are sitting here on your computer posting your hatred of the Endo app on this wall, just click that big huge LOG MILES up there and type in whatever your cyclometer/strava/appWhatev says yer miles are. Thats what i do...since. Well. i dont like the Endo App. ha

Thu Jun 12 15:51:00 2014 You don't have to use the Endo app, if what you want to use supports gpx/tcx/fit export. Strava has GPX export, which you can then import into Endo. Yes, it's more work, but it takes all of about 20 seconds. I use an Edge 500 and load it to Garmin Connect, Strava and here, plus I also keep a copy of the file for safekeeping. I ran the Endo app on my iPhone 4S for my 63 and 87 miles rides over the weekend, distance wise it was almost exactly the same as my Edge. I deleted it and reloaded from my Edge to capture HR and cadence data though.

Wed Jun 11 14:50:00 2014 @Laura & all: You can get the cards next Wednesday at The ABC's for NBC social event! Both the paper cards and spoke cards will be available in addition to a demo of Endo, Q&A and HH prices on drinks all night from ABC! See the side --->and RSVP to https://www.facebook.com/events/201572486662504/ :) BRING SOME NOOBS!

Tue Jun 10 11:52:00 2014 I still find very active cyclists that know nothing about the challeng. I am carring some of the NBC/Bike Cleveland info cards around with me as I ride. I hand them out to other cyclists I meet while riding. We need more riders to do the same. Where can we get more cards?

Sat Jun 7 04:19:00 2014 I was thinking more along the lines of the fact that my Allez cost a lot more than my hybrid ;) Same reason I didn't ride it all winter while the roads were smothered in salt (even though there was never enough snow to justify it)

Sat Jun 7 02:04:00 2014 I've ridden on the towpath with an aluminum roadie on 23s for 3 years now between CLE and AKR. I avoid it right after rain or have ridden slowly and gone "off-line" at certain points to avoid ruts but it can be done.

Thu Jun 5 19:19:00 2014 I'm down in the Akron area, I don't get up to the big city very often ;) However, with Scarlett in town, it may be worth the ride :D One of these days I'm going to find a route so I can ride up, dip a wheel in the lake and ride back. I'd like to fly across the lake, but E.T. already phoned home with someone else.

Thu Jun 5 18:42:00 2014 Marty McParty has become a comparative unit of measurement this year... now Dixon can become a measure of speed and distance... "Nice ride today... what was your Dixon, though"?

Wed Jun 4 12:55:00 2014 Woohoo! My 690 mile solo Tour de Lake Erie has launched me into the lead...but not for long, as I settle back into my measly commute today. So much fun while it lasted. Ride on!

Fri May 30 14:40:00 2014 Ray...We have spoke cards being made (available soon!) & we also have the "flyer" version of the spoke cards. I can get some to you...if you are located around the city?and there will be a June 19th Bike Cleveland Rust Belt Battle of the Bikes social at ABC Uptown (TBA)

Thu May 29 20:11:00 2014 We need some NBC stickers to put on the bollards at the trailheads, or maybe get the MetroParks/Towpath people to post something on their boards. I see lots of other riders out on the bike & hike trail and in the valley (Summit County area) but don't know if any are on here. It's a bit difficult to discuss things when climbing 300 feet up out of the valley. There are the "cool kids" who can't be bothered to log their miles here and/or think they have to use the Endo app to do so. I know not everyone needs the same level of motivation, but the NBC makes me ride further and Strava makes me ride faster, logging my data in a couple extra places really isn't that difficult, it all loads direct from my Garmin anyway. Now if only my LBS could make my rear derailleur stop acting up and I could ride without wasting energy cursing that thing ;)

Thu May 29 17:50:00 2014 Pittsburgh has over 130,000 miles. One key piece in their lead is that they have over 1200 people registered. We can catch up, we just need to get everyone who is riding a bike in Greater Cleveland to register and start logging their miles. Spread the word.

Mon May 26 20:59:00 2014 Hey Cleveland Challengers. I am riding for Cleveland but when I log in, it takes me to the national page. My zip code is included in my account.... Anybody have any idea why I'm having a hard time being included in the Cleveland Page.

Thu May 22 14:17:00 2014 I got into a hit and run with a dark minivan at Lake and Cornwall in Rocky River around 6:30pm yesterday (05/21). The driver hooked a right turn onto Cornwall off of Lake with no blinker. I'm reasonably certain he was on the phone too. I did not get the plate, all I know is that it was a fairly new looking dark (black?) minivan; maybe a Chrysler, not sure. If anyone saw anything and/or hears anything, please speak up. I am not injured but quite ticked off. Thanks.

Tue May 20 01:22:00 2014 So I currently have three medals. Does this mean I get 3 free beers when I visit Pittsburgh in a couple of weeks at OTB? Yinzerz better gimme my pints for CLE miles! #rustcrown

Sun May 18 03:45:00 2014 I did some math(first time in years) and our top ten at 10:46pm Friday evening had 8,019 points compared to Schlitzburghs 7,729. So our front page is almost 300 miles ahead of there's!!! But we are down riders. And Pittsburgh is a much more centralized city so it's easier to ride to where you need to be making it much easier to reduce those goose-egg days. If we have any hope at this rust belt crown, we need more riders and we need those riders to put in at least a mile(or more) each and every day. Some of us(most of us) consider that a lot of fun! Lets do this Clevelanders!!! It's a 5 month challenge, we have plenty of time. Lets be the tortoise to their hare!!!

Sat May 17 18:49:00 2014 I just checked out the Pittsburgh stats on their Endomondo site.They have like 10 Marty Mc Party's to our 1 and the top 10 Pittsburgh teams have at least 6,900 points. What do we need to do to start kicking some ass?! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Sat May 17 14:36:00 2014 Had a GREAT time this morning riding into Downtown Cleveland, and then at The Bike Rack - great group of people!! Really enjoyed the chair massage, and meeting everyone... National Bike to Work Day! WHAT FUN! :)

Sat May 10 04:19:00 2014 Right...(Ray/Marty)...and its not really sandbagging (ok maybe..but who cares :)...if you ride the entire week, but dont log it until the end of the week, as long as you are entering them per the day you ride, you are only helping yourself (and CLE) because you then get the points for the days you rode...20 Challenge points are awarded for each day you ride at least 1 mile1 Challenge point is awarded for each mile riddenSo, by putting 100 miles in on friday, when you actually rode 20 miles for 5 days..you are only getting 120 points.but if you enter them on the days you rode, you are then getting 100 points for the miles, and 100 for the days.so..REMEMBER THAT SANDBAGGERS! *grin*

Fri May 9 16:44:00 2014 You get the 20 points per day you log at least 1 mile, no matter when you log it. So, you can log them all at the end of the month if you choose, just be sure you record them by day, don't just say you rode 500 miles on a single day.

Fri May 9 15:23:00 2014 @ Jim...awesome!! Hope to see you in the morning!And great on the mile tally! and note: to gain more points (not just miles...) each day you log, you get yada yada points. if you log em all at once on one day, you only get points for that day plus the miles. stretch yer miles to the max :)

Fri May 9 14:03:00 2014 Im looking forward to Riding 33 miles to Work on Bike Day May 17th. I will tally up my rides from the GPS for May with Cleveland Touring Club. Hopefully if we all do that we can beat Pittsburgh.

Wed May 7 14:34:00 2014 For anyone who is curious, here is the link to the Pittsburgh challenge page:-http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national-After visiting, you'll have to click on national and then local again to get back here

Wed May 7 02:07:00 2014 PS...any long distance riders who want to rack up some miles against PGH riding TO PGH...August 24th, some of us are riding down for the Aug 25th Pedal PGH event. Although its a little ways off, something to look forward to :) Consider joining in! (Route: TBD)

Wed May 7 02:05:00 2014 Gary...i SOOOOOOO wish i was doing TOSRV this year (especially since i will be in cBus for the Ohio Women's Bike Summit on Friday) but duties in CLE call me home :( RIDE FOR ME! and I hope to make it next year!

Tue May 6 18:14:00 2014 There are quite a few riders in the area that are not in the Cleveland challenge. Apparently there is a glitch in the system which is keeping people in the wrong one if they signed up prior to a community being created or updated to include different regions. I was in the Columbus group all last year and this year as well. When I started noticing familiar names on the Ohio leaderboard that weren't on my local one, I found them over here. I had to edit my profile to remove my zip code and then add it back in so I could get moved here. I left a comment on the Columbus board before I left and also on the national one, so maybe others will follow suit and get picked up in Cleveland.

Sun May 4 15:07:00 2014 Marty, no worries you are not taking crazy pills. The BikePGH logo is up there as part of the Rustbelt Battle of the bikes promo to show the challenge is between Bike CLE and Bike PGH. We need to crank up our miles to catch up.

Thu May 1 03:37:00 2014 Please keep our friends and fellow Mind Brain cyclists Laura and George Faulkner in your hearts and prayers... George was hit by a car this evening while cycling in the Cleveland area. He is currently being treated in the hospital... Please send them both healing thoughts and mention them in your prayers

Wed Apr 30 15:58:00 2014 Face to face, out in the heat ... Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry They stack the odds, still we take to the street For the kill with the skill to survive... -Hand me that "Rye of the Tiger", Bro

Fri Apr 25 15:28:00 2014 So...you know what will log some good miles:Pan Ohio Hope Ride. (w00t!)GOBA | Dog Days | Sunday in June | TOSVR | MS150or.... BIKING TO PGH. :)Some of us are doing the 139mi trek August 24th, to attend the Aug 25th Pedal PGH event. (note: B pace/find yer own way back/place to stay/etc...) but if you wanna century plus on a what is sure to be a scorching hot Saturday...we are leaving bright and early that Saturday morning :)(and we will stop for Ice Cream and BEER along the way)

Thu Apr 24 19:20:00 2014 I won't have the same amount of free time that I did during last year's Bike Challenge but I still plan on biking as much as I can (and everyday too, by the way). I just wanted to let some people know in case they thought I was slacking. ;) Good luck everyone!

Tue Apr 22 17:50:00 2014 My calories burned calculation is not working. I do not use the endomono app. Putting miles in manually worked fine last year. I'm pedaling my ass off and I want those numbers. If you enter your miles manually check your Challenge profile and see it its working for you. I had Jacob contact Endomono for a fix early last week. No word back from Endomondo on getting this worked out. Maybe if enough complaints are reported they will fix this.

Mon Apr 21 20:02:00 2014 Dennis, post the question here http://endomondo.helpserve.com/Tickets/Submit. Select NBC support. My guess would be that imported miles are not automatically associated with the challenge for some reason.

Mon Apr 21 14:50:00 2014 Anyone else having problems uploading with their Garmin? I have the 500 and can upload to my personal page but it will not let me u[pload to the challenge. My plugin is up to date.

Mon Apr 21 04:15:00 2014 There is now a Facebook event for the Bike Challenge in CLE - http://goo.gl/KoexK. Check it, and feel free to use it to talk some trash. Bike Cleveland will also use it (along with the news section to the left) to provide updates and future Bike Challenge events.

Sat Apr 19 16:14:00 2014 Yeah Shelli, I only have a 2.5 mile commute, I try to keep it low key (read slow) so I don't get too overheated on the way in. I am immune to those who ride faster than me.

Fri Apr 18 00:23:00 2014 Shelli, went out yesterday and 5 mins in started to pour.. that was the most miserable 2 miles in my life. Got 6+ in tonight so i feel better about that. I think we have a mutual friend, i work with Donna B.

Thu Apr 17 14:12:00 2014 OMG Leah...I made up for my IdontWannaRide10miInTheRain yesterday...this morning. Some messenger-ish dude silently challenged me down Euclid. Let's just say I had to use more deodorant upon work arrival. (let's also say that next time? He can pull me 3/4 of the way vs. the other way around. jerk. ha)

Tue Mar 25 12:10:00 2014 We were motivated by snow in the forecast to ride yesterday. Cold toes and fingertips for a few miles, even with full shoecovers, gloves and wool tights. But the roads were clear, cars were few, and it turned out to be a fine first ride of spring. Plus it helps mentally since 4 inches of new snow fall in time for the Monday commute.

Tue Mar 25 01:22:00 2014 Paul, you can create a team by clicking the "leaderboard" above, then about halfway down the page selecting "teams," then on the right there will be a link to "create or join a team". You can invite peopel to join your team once it is created. Teams can be any number of individuals.

Sun Mar 9 12:52:00 2014 CLE Cyclists! 30 Days of Biking - is open for Registration... add your daily pictures and stories to this Global event and online diary of cycling, while adding points to your endomondo team starting April 1st.

Thu Jan 9 15:18:00 2014 Get out and ride, Darin! Cold and snow just means less people in the way and no bugs. I did a short ride on Monday night, subzero the entire time, really didn't feel that cold. An extra layer and foot warmers in my boots and I was nice and toasty. I had planned to ride further, but the trail was too snowy so I had to hit the roads and all the red lights and stop signs made my goggles fog up and ice over way too fast.

Thu Jan 9 10:18:00 2014 Get out and ride, Darin! Cold and snow just means less people in the way and no bugs. I did a short ride on Monday night, subzero the entire time, really didn't feel that cold. An extra layer and foot warmers in my boots and I was nice and toasty. I had planned to ride further, but the trail was too snowy so I had to hit the roads and all the red lights and stop signs made my goggles fog up and ice over way too fast.

Wed Oct 16 14:28:00 2013 So...apparently my email hates certain addresses lately and refuses to send to said peeps...If you have not heard a response from me...the ride is still on for Friday!You still must find your own way back.You should try and let me know a total number of folks at the food truck ending by this afternoon. i can then let the food truck know how much to buy...

Meeting at Lock 39 parking on Rockside and rolling out no later than 9am.Some of us are doing breakfast at Yours Truly at 8...join in!ride: 65 miles "ish"Cue sheets will be available. 3-4 regroup stops...lunch en route. Pay yer own way.Non-supported15-17mph ave overall speed.Hope to see ya there!

Wed Oct 16 09:28:00 2013 So...apparently my email hates certain addresses lately and refuses to send to said peeps...If you have not heard a response from me...the ride is still on for Friday!You still must find your own way back.You should try and let me know a total number of folks at the food truck ending by this afternoon. i can then let the food truck know how much to buy...

Meeting at Lock 39 parking on Rockside and rolling out no later than 9am.Some of us are doing breakfast at Yours Truly at 8...join in!ride: 65 miles "ish"Cue sheets will be available. 3-4 regroup stops...lunch en route. Pay yer own way.Non-supported15-17mph ave overall speed.Hope to see ya there!

Tue Oct 1 02:13:00 2013 Need a new challenge, now that this one is drawing to a close? Hitch your bike to a car and pull . . . in the Great Cleveland Bike Pull . . . Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Cleveland Velodrome. Information and registration: https://bikepull.eventbrite.com/

Mon Sep 30 21:13:00 2013 Need a new challenge, now that this one is drawing to a close? Hitch your bike to a car and pull . . . in the Great Cleveland Bike Pull . . . Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Cleveland Velodrome. Information and registration: https://bikepull.eventbrite.com/

Thu Sep 26 16:17:00 2013 DO YOU WORK IN UNIVERSITY CIRCLE AND HAVE A DIRTY UNTUNED BIKE? Even if you have a clean, semi tuned bike, stop & show some love to one of the TOP college cycling teams around: Case Cycling!Thursday and Friday, they set up shop on the main quad for the semesterly tune up/clean up fundraiser :)Helps you. Helps the team. Helps bike love everywhere, ya know?http://www.casecycling.com/

Thu Sep 26 11:17:00 2013 DO YOU WORK IN UNIVERSITY CIRCLE AND HAVE A DIRTY UNTUNED BIKE? Even if you have a clean, semi tuned bike, stop & show some love to one of the TOP college cycling teams around: Case Cycling!Thursday and Friday, they set up shop on the main quad for the semesterly tune up/clean up fundraiser :)Helps you. Helps the team. Helps bike love everywhere, ya know?http://www.casecycling.com/

Wed Sep 25 15:05:00 2013 Barb, you should try riding home after giving blood at 3:30, leaving at 5, in June at 90 degrees. Did it only once back in '09...I learned my lesson! I think I would try it again this time of year though.

Wed Sep 25 10:05:00 2013 Barb, you should try riding home after giving blood at 3:30, leaving at 5, in June at 90 degrees. Did it only once back in '09...I learned my lesson! I think I would try it again this time of year though.

Thu Sep 19 19:41:00 2013 Darin... currently you can view side by side at www.rustcrown.org, (the FB page then will have the other stuffs...) tho the regional points are only extracted and reported at the end of each month...tho, in the spirit of COMPETITION COMING TO A CLOSE, i am sure we can give a little push for a week out update ;)

Thu Sep 19 18:18:00 2013 The overall National Bike Challenge leader has over 12,000 miles recorded. That's over 80 miles per day average from May 1 till now. AVERAGE! Is this even a possibility? I'm as amazed as I am skeptical.

Thu Sep 19 14:41:00 2013 Darin... currently you can view side by side at www.rustcrown.org, (the FB page then will have the other stuffs...) tho the regional points are only extracted and reported at the end of each month...tho, in the spirit of COMPETITION COMING TO A CLOSE, i am sure we can give a little push for a week out update ;)

Thu Sep 19 13:18:00 2013 The overall National Bike Challenge leader has over 12,000 miles recorded. That's over 80 miles per day average from May 1 till now. AVERAGE! Is this even a possibility? I'm as amazed as I am skeptical.

Tue Sep 17 20:01:00 2013 I'm guessing someone went through the leaderboard, changed to 'challenge period' and then started adding up all the points.---Last Push For The Rust Cup!September 12 at 15:29CLE Points: 1,243,186CLE Miles: 603,284PGH Points: 1,407,815PGH Miles: 590,073---Are we going by points per rider or per community?

Tue Sep 17 15:01:00 2013 I'm guessing someone went through the leaderboard, changed to 'challenge period' and then started adding up all the points.---Last Push For The Rust Cup!September 12 at 15:29CLE Points: 1,243,186CLE Miles: 603,284PGH Points: 1,407,815PGH Miles: 590,073---Are we going by points per rider or per community?

Tue Sep 17 14:39:00 2013 John....team miles count just like other miles. im confused on the sum vs. etc...can you clarify?

ray...so, the points you see, i am assuming, are for PGH proper and those registered in it vs. CLE proper and those registered in it. the overall points are per region, which NBC unfortunately does not show. (we are hoping next year they will up in those handy little infographics on the landing pages)so, bike CLE and bike PGH have to manually go in once a month and extract the data and add it up.although i do not see it on the FB page: http://www.facebook.com/rustcrown, i do know that as of 9/9 CLE had: 1,243,186 pts...and PGH as of 9/12 had 1,407,815....at that time, we had more miles. but? it is regional points that count.

Kevin...YOU ROCK!

UPDATE on the RustCrown "ride" to the crowning...we are looking at the 18th of Oct currently, as the 4th is not a do-able date. we are waiting on PGH's availability to start figuring the shebang out. if you are interested in riding and have not yet, please email me at [email protected]this will be an "MS150" type pace with an average over the 70some miles at about 15 or so...non sagged, mostly roads, and we have to figure out our own ways of returning.we would probably leave mid morning.oh? and we are planning on some media :)

Tue Sep 17 09:39:00 2013 John....team miles count just like other miles. im confused on the sum vs. etc...can you clarify?

ray...so, the points you see, i am assuming, are for PGH proper and those registered in it vs. CLE proper and those registered in it. the overall points are per region, which NBC unfortunately does not show. (we are hoping next year they will up in those handy little infographics on the landing pages)so, bike CLE and bike PGH have to manually go in once a month and extract the data and add it up.although i do not see it on the FB page: http://www.facebook.com/rustcrown, i do know that as of 9/9 CLE had: 1,243,186 pts...and PGH as of 9/12 had 1,407,815....at that time, we had more miles. but? it is regional points that count.

Kevin...YOU ROCK!

UPDATE on the RustCrown "ride" to the crowning...we are looking at the 18th of Oct currently, as the 4th is not a do-able date. we are waiting on PGH's availability to start figuring the shebang out. if you are interested in riding and have not yet, please email me at [email protected]this will be an "MS150" type pace with an average over the 70some miles at about 15 or so...non sagged, mostly roads, and we have to figure out our own ways of returning.we would probably leave mid morning.oh? and we are planning on some media :)

Sat Sep 14 01:29:00 2013 Joined the 5k club and earned that fifth and last medal tonight ~ despite the headwind arm wrestling me for the handlebars, nipply chilly temps and a complete loss of motivation . . .

Fri Sep 13 20:29:00 2013 Joined the 5k club and earned that fifth and last medal tonight ~ despite the headwind arm wrestling me for the handlebars, nipply chilly temps and a complete loss of motivation . . .

Fri Sep 13 15:44:00 2013 According to Pittsburgh page, we are behind by over 160,000 points. They have 190 more riders than we do. What is the available pool of riders for each group? I'm curious of the percentage of registrations for each.-Has anyone else noticed that the Cleveland group has 612,594 of the 986,806 total miles for the state of Ohio? The Columbus area is pretty bike friendly from what I hear, they even have a bike share program, how can they plus the rest of the state be so far behind?

Fri Sep 13 10:44:00 2013 According to Pittsburgh page, we are behind by over 160,000 points. They have 190 more riders than we do. What is the available pool of riders for each group? I'm curious of the percentage of registrations for each.-Has anyone else noticed that the Cleveland group has 612,594 of the 986,806 total miles for the state of Ohio? The Columbus area is pretty bike friendly from what I hear, they even have a bike share program, how can they plus the rest of the state be so far behind?

Sun Sep 8 03:41:00 2013 Took forever to get back home, my NiteRider had turned on in my bag and was dead when it finally got dark, the last 25 miles were pretty slow. Approx 44 miles up, 55 back, then circled a bit to break 100 ;)

Sat Sep 7 22:41:00 2013 Took forever to get back home, my NiteRider had turned on in my bag and was dead when it finally got dark, the last 25 miles were pretty slow. Approx 44 miles up, 55 back, then circled a bit to break 100 ;)

Sat Sep 7 12:00:01 2013 It seems as if Endomondo is not logging my miles properly. Anyone else have this problem? I am far to low on the leaderboard for the miles I ride, not that I care but I would like them to be added to the CLE totals. When I log them they initially come up as runnung and I have to change them to cycling. The milles show up on my workout page but not my statistics. Solution?

Fri Sep 6 15:30:00 2013 So...for some of our longer distance riding peeps...who would be interested in riding to rep CLE for the #RustCrown award event that is tentatively scheduled for Friday, October 4th?The "soft" details:Leave CLE approx 07:30...ride to Youngstown (think Pedal to the Point type pace / avs over 70ish miles = 15)PGH leaves their town same time. We meet in the YO.Event happensAfternoon celebration happens.Press stuff happens.We then hop in our pre-arranged carpools (this may or may not involve renting one ways...)return to CLE early evening.If you are interested, email me: [email protected]details are still being worked on behind the scenes and more info in the coming weeks...

Fri Sep 6 14:02:00 2013 Thanks for the tips, looks like Abbey is the way to go. Rather than an out and back, I may head west from Edgewater over to the Valley Parkway Trail and follow that and the road until it eventually puts me out on Riverview Rd, then 82 over to the bike & hike trail. Looks pretty easy on the map, then again, I did end up in Hartville a couple weeks ago when I was heading for Hudson ;)

Fri Sep 6 10:30:00 2013 So...for some of our longer distance riding peeps...who would be interested in riding to rep CLE for the #RustCrown award event that is tentatively scheduled for Friday, October 4th?The "soft" details:Leave CLE approx 07:30...ride to Youngstown (think Pedal to the Point type pace / avs over 70ish miles = 15)PGH leaves their town same time. We meet in the YO.Event happensAfternoon celebration happens.Press stuff happens.We then hop in our pre-arranged carpools (this may or may not involve renting one ways...)return to CLE early evening.If you are interested, email me: [email protected]details are still being worked on behind the scenes and more info in the coming weeks...

Fri Sep 6 09:02:00 2013 Thanks for the tips, looks like Abbey is the way to go. Rather than an out and back, I may head west from Edgewater over to the Valley Parkway Trail and follow that and the road until it eventually puts me out on Riverview Rd, then 82 over to the bike & hike trail. Looks pretty easy on the map, then again, I did end up in Hartville a couple weeks ago when I was heading for Hudson ;)

Fri Sep 6 05:00:00 2013 Good call, Andy. One note: Abbey Rd. is closed to motor traffic due to Innerbelt Construction. However, bikes and pedestrians can still cross from West 14th to W. 25th. Just follow the pedestrian detour through the construction site (as you come up 14th, either hug the right hand side as you pass Fairfield in front of the Orthodox church or turn right on Fairfield, left on 11th, then left on Abbey in front of Sokolowski's).

By the bye, guess which city just took the lead in the Rust Belt Challenge? Hint: it begins with "CLEVE" and ends with "LAND". Let's keep up the pace, amigos!

Fri Sep 6 00:00:00 2013 Good call, Andy. One note: Abbey Rd. is closed to motor traffic due to Innerbelt Construction. However, bikes and pedestrians can still cross from West 14th to W. 25th. Just follow the pedestrian detour through the construction site (as you come up 14th, either hug the right hand side as you pass Fairfield in front of the Orthodox church or turn right on Fairfield, left on 11th, then left on Abbey in front of Sokolowski's).

By the bye, guess which city just took the lead in the Rust Belt Challenge? Hint: it begins with "CLEVE" and ends with "LAND". Let's keep up the pace, amigos!

Thu Sep 5 21:46:00 2013 I live right up near Edgewater park, and usually avoid Denison because of pavement quality issues, and the enormously confusing traffic lights near I71 east of 65th. Still, roads around here aren't often very busy, and most drivers from the neighborhood are nice to me on my bike, so the whole area feels at least somewhat bike friendly.

I would suggest taking the towpath to it's end on w 14th, and heading north to Ohio City, probably via Abbey Rd , then using any street besides w 25th to get north to Franklin. Franklin is a great shady avenue to ride down, and will take you to 65th for the park tunnel there.

Thu Sep 5 18:13:00 2013 I think I may ride up to Edgewater Park (and back) on Saturday, from the Akron area. It looks like I can take the Towpath up to Harvard, then roads the rest of the way. Harvard to Dennison to West 65th. Anyone have any tips, gotchas or things to watch out for once I hit those streets? I'm not familiar with any of those roads, but Google Maps has them flagged as "bicycle friendly." I ride the roads down here all the time, just curious of the conditions up there. I'll probably jump on the towpath at the Memorial Parkway trailhead in Akron if anyone is interested in tagging along.

Thu Sep 5 16:46:00 2013 I live right up near Edgewater park, and usually avoid Denison because of pavement quality issues, and the enormously confusing traffic lights near I71 east of 65th. Still, roads around here aren't often very busy, and most drivers from the neighborhood are nice to me on my bike, so the whole area feels at least somewhat bike friendly.

I would suggest taking the towpath to it's end on w 14th, and heading north to Ohio City, probably via Abbey Rd , then using any street besides w 25th to get north to Franklin. Franklin is a great shady avenue to ride down, and will take you to 65th for the park tunnel there.

Thu Sep 5 13:13:00 2013 I think I may ride up to Edgewater Park (and back) on Saturday, from the Akron area. It looks like I can take the Towpath up to Harvard, then roads the rest of the way. Harvard to Dennison to West 65th. Anyone have any tips, gotchas or things to watch out for once I hit those streets? I'm not familiar with any of those roads, but Google Maps has them flagged as "bicycle friendly." I ride the roads down here all the time, just curious of the conditions up there. I'll probably jump on the towpath at the Memorial Parkway trailhead in Akron if anyone is interested in tagging along.

Wed Aug 28 14:35:00 2013 solo yes....and i posted for like-minded cyclists (ie, pace, method and style.)however i had only one taker who was not my pace, so we rode solo and i would shoot him texts if i saw anything that might be confusing (IE: DON'T FOLLOW THE KENT ARROW on the Bike & HIke...go stowe. haha) I think he eventually made it to Aliquippa?l>>> (i also had a friend join the first 20 miles...but she couldnt go the whole way due to other stuffs)and no can do september. however, i might be part of the ride to deliver or take the Rust Cup to (from) PGH...so we can definitely work that as a group ride!(prolly second or third wknd in oct?)

Wed Aug 28 09:35:00 2013 solo yes....and i posted for like-minded cyclists (ie, pace, method and style.)however i had only one taker who was not my pace, so we rode solo and i would shoot him texts if i saw anything that might be confusing (IE: DON'T FOLLOW THE KENT ARROW on the Bike & HIke...go stowe. haha) I think he eventually made it to Aliquippa?l>>> (i also had a friend join the first 20 miles...but she couldnt go the whole way due to other stuffs)and no can do september. however, i might be part of the ride to deliver or take the Rust Cup to (from) PGH...so we can definitely work that as a group ride!(prolly second or third wknd in oct?)

Tue Aug 27 20:46:00 2013 I've never heard the name "fry pie" before, though they look just like those Hostess pies I had as a kid.-Very impressive ride Shelli, did you do it solo? Now that you know how to get there, we should plan a group ride out there on a Saturday late next month to celebrate our victory, with a return trip on Sunday to increase our lead. I'd be willing to do a round trip ride, anyone else?

Tue Aug 27 15:46:00 2013 I've never heard the name "fry pie" before, though they look just like those Hostess pies I had as a kid.-Very impressive ride Shelli, did you do it solo? Now that you know how to get there, we should plan a group ride out there on a Saturday late next month to celebrate our victory, with a return trip on Sunday to increase our lead. I'd be willing to do a round trip ride, anyone else?

Tue Aug 27 04:32:00 2013 it was 142. remember, you get 20 points per day...plus 1 point per mile. (IE: 162)And, well. it wouldnt have taken me all that long had i not: started later than i planned (oops), spent wayyyyyy too much time shootin the shizzie with the cool guys at Kent Cycle, (but they rocked!), stopped at a few farmers markets (FRY PIES!), gotten a little off course in Beaver Falls (btw? the Ohio River Front Trail does not exist yet, thank you Ride w GPS. But hey, I had my own version of a cyclocross course for a good 40 minutes), and a few missing or turned road signs caused a few not missing, yet turned shellis...but all in all it wasnt bad. it SHOULD have taken me about 10.5 hours counting stops...but. well. shizzie (and fry pies) happen. haFABULOUS route however. minus the impromptu cross course. *grin*

Mon Aug 26 23:32:00 2013 it was 142. remember, you get 20 points per day...plus 1 point per mile. (IE: 162)And, well. it wouldnt have taken me all that long had i not: started later than i planned (oops), spent wayyyyyy too much time shootin the shizzie with the cool guys at Kent Cycle, (but they rocked!), stopped at a few farmers markets (FRY PIES!), gotten a little off course in Beaver Falls (btw? the Ohio River Front Trail does not exist yet, thank you Ride w GPS. But hey, I had my own version of a cyclocross course for a good 40 minutes), and a few missing or turned road signs caused a few not missing, yet turned shellis...but all in all it wasnt bad. it SHOULD have taken me about 10.5 hours counting stops...but. well. shizzie (and fry pies) happen. haFABULOUS route however. minus the impromptu cross course. *grin*

Mon Aug 26 17:32:00 2013 PS. i scored CLE 162 miles on Saturday. SUCK IT PGH! (oh wait. i rode TO PGH. and ok. well, they were nice to me there. but i still wouldn't let them take my miles...*grin*)Now, if only we can get CASSIE SCHUMACKER (sp) to log her RAAM miles....

Mon Aug 26 17:29:00 2013 No problem Lindsay :)Keith, that is no longer the case. They changed that rule from last year...it is 20 bonus points per day no matter what type of riding (anything over 1 mile)and Ray has it right...you can log (4) rides of 25 miles for one day or (1) ride of 100 for one day, and it is still 120 points total.

Mon Aug 26 15:42:00 2013 When I was at the bike shop the other day, I picked up a bike user map from "Switching Gears." It shows all the local trails and has rankings for the roads based on how comfortable they are to ride on. They also have the maps online at http://switching-gears.org/ If you ride the road, or want to, check it out.

Mon Aug 26 15:25:00 2013 You get 20 per day you ride 1 mile or more, and 1 point per mile no matter what kind, sport, transport or mountain bike. You do see some that inadvertently log that they made 4 rides of 100 miles each instead of 4 of 25 though.

Mon Aug 26 12:32:00 2013 PS. i scored CLE 162 miles on Saturday. SUCK IT PGH! (oh wait. i rode TO PGH. and ok. well, they were nice to me there. but i still wouldn't let them take my miles...*grin*)Now, if only we can get CASSIE SCHUMACKER (sp) to log her RAAM miles....

Mon Aug 26 12:29:00 2013 No problem Lindsay :)Keith, that is no longer the case. They changed that rule from last year...it is 20 bonus points per day no matter what type of riding (anything over 1 mile)and Ray has it right...you can log (4) rides of 25 miles for one day or (1) ride of 100 for one day, and it is still 120 points total.

Mon Aug 26 10:42:00 2013 When I was at the bike shop the other day, I picked up a bike user map from "Switching Gears." It shows all the local trails and has rankings for the roads based on how comfortable they are to ride on. They also have the maps online at http://switching-gears.org/ If you ride the road, or want to, check it out.

Mon Aug 26 10:25:00 2013 You get 20 per day you ride 1 mile or more, and 1 point per mile no matter what kind, sport, transport or mountain bike. You do see some that inadvertently log that they made 4 rides of 100 miles each instead of 4 of 25 though.

Fri Aug 23 03:36:00 2013 Lindsay, comparing your miles to your coworkers, are your 200 spread over fewer days? example: weekend warrior does a century on saturday in addition to his typical 40 miler on wednesday night and bonus 20 to the bike shop and back friday.. total miles: 160. total points: 220 for the week.commuter kelly does her back and forth to work: 5 days of 15 miles per day plus 25 on saturday's c pace club ride and 10 on sunday running errands. Total miles: 110. Total points: 250.

Fri Aug 23 01:18:00 2013 Someone might have brought this up already but I don't know if the points are keeping up with the miles. I have almost 200 more miles than a co-worker but he's pretty far ahead of me on the leaderboard with points. I don't care about that but it would be something to consider if we're comparing the points we have with PGH.

Thu Aug 22 22:36:00 2013 Lindsay, comparing your miles to your coworkers, are your 200 spread over fewer days? example: weekend warrior does a century on saturday in addition to his typical 40 miler on wednesday night and bonus 20 to the bike shop and back friday.. total miles: 160. total points: 220 for the week.commuter kelly does her back and forth to work: 5 days of 15 miles per day plus 25 on saturday's c pace club ride and 10 on sunday running errands. Total miles: 110. Total points: 250.

Thu Aug 22 20:18:00 2013 Someone might have brought this up already but I don't know if the points are keeping up with the miles. I have almost 200 more miles than a co-worker but he's pretty far ahead of me on the leaderboard with points. I don't care about that but it would be something to consider if we're comparing the points we have with PGH.

Wed Aug 21 02:16:00 2013 Clocked 116 miles for Cleveland while at a conference in Indianapolis last week. Wonderful bike friendly community both on city streets and along beautifully paved multipurpose paths. They really put a lot of work into it.

Tue Aug 20 21:16:00 2013 Clocked 116 miles for Cleveland while at a conference in Indianapolis last week. Wonderful bike friendly community both on city streets and along beautifully paved multipurpose paths. They really put a lot of work into it.

Mon Aug 19 01:58:00 2013 After the first couple of times, the leg anger goes away. If my legs still felt the way they did after the first time I rode 40 miles, I would not ride as much as I do. My legs scream when I'm riding and pushing myself, but once the bike is back on the hooks in the garage, they shut up. Every now and then they scream longer, but that's usually only when I switch bikes.

Sun Aug 18 20:58:00 2013 After the first couple of times, the leg anger goes away. If my legs still felt the way they did after the first time I rode 40 miles, I would not ride as much as I do. My legs scream when I'm riding and pushing myself, but once the bike is back on the hooks in the garage, they shut up. Every now and then they scream longer, but that's usually only when I switch bikes.

Fri Aug 16 23:10:00 2013 Biked from Independence to Akron and back today. I have newfound mad respect for you folks who are clocking 40-50 miles every _day_. I feel like my legs are really angry at me right now.

Fri Aug 16 18:10:00 2013 Biked from Independence to Akron and back today. I have newfound mad respect for you folks who are clocking 40-50 miles every _day_. I feel like my legs are really angry at me right now.

Thu Aug 8 14:45:00 2013 My community is slacking. Only 11 of the 12 people registered (really? only 12???) have logged anything in the challenge. There is a 3500 point difference between 1st and 2nd. I'm the only platinum, only the top two have reached gold. only the top 5 have silver, only the top 6 have bronze. I guess my fellow Cuyahoga Fallsites are too busy watching the dams get removed.

Thu Aug 8 09:45:00 2013 My community is slacking. Only 11 of the 12 people registered (really? only 12???) have logged anything in the challenge. There is a 3500 point difference between 1st and 2nd. I'm the only platinum, only the top two have reached gold. only the top 5 have silver, only the top 6 have bronze. I guess my fellow Cuyahoga Fallsites are too busy watching the dams get removed.

Wed Aug 7 18:00:00 2013 I enjoyed first place for a couple hours back in June after a couple long rides, it didn't take long to get knocked off though. People tell me I'm crazy to ride so much, I wonder what they think of those people doing a lot more miles than I do.

Wed Aug 7 13:00:00 2013 I enjoyed first place for a couple hours back in June after a couple long rides, it didn't take long to get knocked off though. People tell me I'm crazy to ride so much, I wonder what they think of those people doing a lot more miles than I do.

Fri Aug 2 20:38:00 2013 I'm riding with a former co-worker next week, he hasn't signed up yet, so I'll harass him the entire time. He is pedalling to the point tomorrow and knows a lot of people, so maybe if I can convince him to join, he can get others.

Fri Aug 2 15:38:00 2013 I'm riding with a former co-worker next week, he hasn't signed up yet, so I'll harass him the entire time. He is pedalling to the point tomorrow and knows a lot of people, so maybe if I can convince him to join, he can get others.

Thu Aug 1 17:47:00 2013 Someone needs to log the critical mass miles. 800+ riders doing ~13 miles plus the 20 points should have added more than 26,000 points. How many people actually plugged that in?

Thu Aug 1 12:47:00 2013 Someone needs to log the critical mass miles. 800+ riders doing ~13 miles plus the 20 points should have added more than 26,000 points. How many people actually plugged that in?

Sat Jul 27 19:15:00 2013 In Louisville, KY for Fandomfest... Just logged 13 miles for Cleveland traveling to a supposed Allpoint surcharge free ATM (NOT!). OH well. On the way I found a road with bike lanes. AWESOME!

Sat Jul 27 14:15:00 2013 In Louisville, KY for Fandomfest... Just logged 13 miles for Cleveland traveling to a supposed Allpoint surcharge free ATM (NOT!). OH well. On the way I found a road with bike lanes. AWESOME!

Thu Jul 25 13:58:00 2013 Hey Shelli, sounds awesome. I'm not sure if I would be able to pull that weekend off or not but I will keep those dates in mind! How long does it take? I've never done a long ride like that but have been wanting to put on some serious miles.

Thu Jul 25 08:58:00 2013 Hey Shelli, sounds awesome. I'm not sure if I would be able to pull that weekend off or not but I will keep those dates in mind! How long does it take? I've never done a long ride like that but have been wanting to put on some serious miles.

Wed Jul 24 13:53:00 2013 I got my road bike back last night, after a few days waiting for a tune-up due to a broken rear shift cable. In hindsight, I should have just fixed the cable and saved some time, but oh well, at least the rest of the year should be maintenance free. I have to do about 400 miles in the next 8 days to achieve my goal of "more miles each month during the NBC" It looks like the weather will cooperate.

Wed Jul 24 08:58:00 2013 Hey Shelli, sounds awesome. I'm not sure if I would be able to pull that weekend off or not but I will keep those dates in mind! How long does it take? I've never done a long ride like that but have been wanting to put on some serious miles.

Wed Jul 24 08:53:00 2013 I got my road bike back last night, after a few days waiting for a tune-up due to a broken rear shift cable. In hindsight, I should have just fixed the cable and saved some time, but oh well, at least the rest of the year should be maintenance free. I have to do about 400 miles in the next 8 days to achieve my goal of "more miles each month during the NBC" It looks like the weather will cooperate.

Tue Jul 23 08:53:00 2013 I got my road bike back last night, after a few days waiting for a tune-up due to a broken rear shift cable. In hindsight, I should have just fixed the cable and saved some time, but oh well, at least the rest of the year should be maintenance free. I have to do about 400 miles in the next 8 days to achieve my goal of "more miles each month during the NBC" It looks like the weather will cooperate.

Sat Jul 20 13:11:00 2013 Logged 197.25 miles for Cleveland on my 2-week working trip to Michigan. It's a cycling paradise here with (separated) bike paths along every major drag, mostly flat, few stop signs or lights, and the Lake Michigan beach only 7-8 miles away. I was up early getting those miles in before breakfast every day to beat the heat and what little rain we got. Coming home later today.

Come on, Cleveland, if I can log these miles every day with no smartphone away from home, so can you! Just think of how accomplished you'll feel when you look at your totals at the end of the challenge!

Sat Jul 20 08:11:00 2013 Logged 197.25 miles for Cleveland on my 2-week working trip to Michigan. It's a cycling paradise here with (separated) bike paths along every major drag, mostly flat, few stop signs or lights, and the Lake Michigan beach only 7-8 miles away. I was up early getting those miles in before breakfast every day to beat the heat and what little rain we got. Coming home later today.

Come on, Cleveland, if I can log these miles every day with no smartphone away from home, so can you! Just think of how accomplished you'll feel when you look at your totals at the end of the challenge!

Fri Jul 19 08:11:00 2013 Logged 197.25 miles for Cleveland on my 2-week working trip to Michigan. It's a cycling paradise here with (separated) bike paths along every major drag, mostly flat, few stop signs or lights, and the Lake Michigan beach only 7-8 miles away. I was up early getting those miles in before breakfast every day to beat the heat and what little rain we got. Coming home later today.

Come on, Cleveland, if I can log these miles every day with no smartphone away from home, so can you! Just think of how accomplished you'll feel when you look at your totals at the end of the challenge!

Sun Jul 14 14:00:00 2013 Need more miles? Jamie J & I are starting training rides from the Bike Rack (e4th/prospect) downtown on Tuesdays...meet up 6pm. Roll out 6:15.30 - 40 mi, groups can break out based on pace. If you have to park a car, the lot behind West Side Market is available.Join us!

Sun Jul 14 09:00:00 2013 Need more miles? Jamie J & I are starting training rides from the Bike Rack (e4th/prospect) downtown on Tuesdays...meet up 6pm. Roll out 6:15.30 - 40 mi, groups can break out based on pace. If you have to park a car, the lot behind West Side Market is available.Join us!

Sun Jul 14 04:45:00 2013 The Cleveland section of Lakeshore is (slowly) being rebuilt. A lot of that project is dependent on the completion of the storm sewer surge tunnel bore. Hopefully, by next summer we'll have a smooth route along the lake from Headlands S.P. to downtown (well with the exception of the North Marginal).

Sun Jul 14 04:06:00 2013 Just got done with ~1 hour twenty minute night ride and just logged my miles. Oh well, just .12 miles away from 200. Better luck next week!!!! AND talking about bad roads, yesterday I took Lakeshore Blvd Eastbound from MLK to Lloyd Rd. Bratenahl and Euclid were great. Traveling in between through Cleveland was terrible. Luckily no flats or accidents. Just very rough.

Sat Jul 13 23:45:00 2013 The Cleveland section of Lakeshore is (slowly) being rebuilt. A lot of that project is dependent on the completion of the storm sewer surge tunnel bore. Hopefully, by next summer we'll have a smooth route along the lake from Headlands S.P. to downtown (well with the exception of the North Marginal).

Sat Jul 13 23:06:00 2013 Just got done with ~1 hour twenty minute night ride and just logged my miles. Oh well, just .12 miles away from 200. Better luck next week!!!! AND talking about bad roads, yesterday I took Lakeshore Blvd Eastbound from MLK to Lloyd Rd. Bratenahl and Euclid were great. Traveling in between through Cleveland was terrible. Luckily no flats or accidents. Just very rough.

Thu Jul 11 20:11:00 2013 Ouch, Mark! I know that area well and ride around Shaker and Horseshoe lakes almost every day. I know I'm going to be a lot more careful picking out bad road after reading this...

Thu Jul 11 15:11:00 2013 Ouch, Mark! I know that area well and ride around Shaker and Horseshoe lakes almost every day. I know I'm going to be a lot more careful picking out bad road after reading this...

Thu Jul 11 14:36:00 2013 Mark...sorry to hear that! It's a mine field going down Euclid (and especially in the rain) near the construction and the defective concrete zone (aka: CSU/30th)in those instances, I hate to say it, but I ride the bus lane if it is clear. It is not worth damaging my bike or myself until they repair it. I have known too many flats, and injuries westbound in that area...

Thu Jul 11 09:36:00 2013 Mark...sorry to hear that! It's a mine field going down Euclid (and especially in the rain) near the construction and the defective concrete zone (aka: CSU/30th)in those instances, I hate to say it, but I ride the bus lane if it is clear. It is not worth damaging my bike or myself until they repair it. I have known too many flats, and injuries westbound in that area...

Thu Jul 11 02:45:00 2013 I hit a big hole today in the rain by Shaker Lakes Nature Center, flipped over handle bars and dove 20 feet on asphalt. I don't recommend it. With roads like ours, you really have to be careful in the rain. But it's rained 16 days in a row so can't quite avoid getting caught now and again.

Wed Jul 10 21:45:00 2013 I hit a big hole today in the rain by Shaker Lakes Nature Center, flipped over handle bars and dove 20 feet on asphalt. I don't recommend it. With roads like ours, you really have to be careful in the rain. But it's rained 16 days in a row so can't quite avoid getting caught now and again.

Sun Jul 7 01:16:00 2013 And then there is the overall elevation gain point system. And the point system that allows you to gain extra points when you leave sabotage materials around people biking from bike Pittsburgh that you meet on the trail. Hahaha

Sat Jul 6 20:16:00 2013 And then there is the overall elevation gain point system. And the point system that allows you to gain extra points when you leave sabotage materials around people biking from bike Pittsburgh that you meet on the trail. Hahaha

Thu Jun 27 12:17:00 2013 AWESOME. I am almost up to 3 additional free Pints from Over the Bar Bicycle Cafe in PITTSBURGH. And I will be in YinzerVille tomorrow night, and next Saturday...nothing says SUCK IT PGH like using CLE-counting miles to drink their beer for free. BOOM.

Thu Jun 27 10:28:00 2013 I've signed up for the challenge with my home zip code, which is a suburb of Cleveland. Are my miles counting for the Cleveland vs Pittsburgh Rust Belt Battle? I checked on the National leadership community section and I'm not on the list of Cleveland riders.

Tue Jun 25 17:02:00 2013 Average 15.1 mph, I tried to out run a thunder storm in the Rocky River Metroparks. Got to my car just as it started to pour down rain. For someone that's terrified of lightning, I was a conquering a fear in peddling on a day like today.

Thu Jun 13 11:43:00 2013 It's cool endomondo, I didn't want 13 miles from my 20 mile ride yesterday included on my total. Not sure why it shows up on the team page but not my individual total, but whatever, guess I'll just have to ride another 13

Wed Jun 12 14:44:00 2013 You don't have to use any app...or you ca use the app of your choice, and then, while you are sitting here on your computer posting your hatred of the Endo app on this wall, just click that big huge LOG MILES up there and type in whatever your cyclometer/strava/appWhatev says yer miles are. Thats what i do...since. Well. i dont like the Endo App. ha

Wed Jun 12 10:51:00 2013 You don't have to use the Endo app, if what you want to use supports gpx/tcx/fit export. Strava has GPX export, which you can then import into Endo. Yes, it's more work, but it takes all of about 20 seconds. I use an Edge 500 and load it to Garmin Connect, Strava and here, plus I also keep a copy of the file for safekeeping. I ran the Endo app on my iPhone 4S for my 63 and 87 miles rides over the weekend, distance wise it was almost exactly the same as my Edge. I deleted it and reloaded from my Edge to capture HR and cadence data though.

Tue Jun 11 09:50:00 2013 @Laura & all: You can get the cards next Wednesday at The ABC's for NBC social event! Both the paper cards and spoke cards will be available in addition to a demo of Endo, Q&A and HH prices on drinks all night from ABC! See the side --->and RSVP to https://www.facebook.com/events/201572486662504/ :) BRING SOME NOOBS!

Mon Jun 10 06:52:00 2013 I still find very active cyclists that know nothing about the challeng. I am carring some of the NBC/Bike Cleveland info cards around with me as I ride. I hand them out to other cyclists I meet while riding. We need more riders to do the same. Where can we get more cards?

Thu Jun 6 23:19:00 2013 I was thinking more along the lines of the fact that my Allez cost a lot more than my hybrid ;) Same reason I didn't ride it all winter while the roads were smothered in salt (even though there was never enough snow to justify it)

Thu Jun 6 21:04:00 2013 I've ridden on the towpath with an aluminum roadie on 23s for 3 years now between CLE and AKR. I avoid it right after rain or have ridden slowly and gone "off-line" at certain points to avoid ruts but it can be done.

Wed Jun 5 14:19:00 2013 I'm down in the Akron area, I don't get up to the big city very often ;) However, with Scarlett in town, it may be worth the ride :D One of these days I'm going to find a route so I can ride up, dip a wheel in the lake and ride back. I'd like to fly across the lake, but E.T. already phoned home with someone else.

Wed Jun 5 13:42:00 2013 Marty McParty has become a comparative unit of measurement this year... now Dixon can become a measure of speed and distance... "Nice ride today... what was your Dixon, though"?

Tue Jun 4 07:55:00 2013 Woohoo! My 690 mile solo Tour de Lake Erie has launched me into the lead...but not for long, as I settle back into my measly commute today. So much fun while it lasted. Ride on!

Thu May 30 09:40:00 2013 Ray...We have spoke cards being made (available soon!) & we also have the "flyer" version of the spoke cards. I can get some to you...if you are located around the city?and there will be a June 19th Bike Cleveland Rust Belt Battle of the Bikes social at ABC Uptown (TBA)

Wed May 29 15:11:00 2013 We need some NBC stickers to put on the bollards at the trailheads, or maybe get the MetroParks/Towpath people to post something on their boards. I see lots of other riders out on the bike & hike trail and in the valley (Summit County area) but don't know if any are on here. It's a bit difficult to discuss things when climbing 300 feet up out of the valley. There are the "cool kids" who can't be bothered to log their miles here and/or think they have to use the Endo app to do so. I know not everyone needs the same level of motivation, but the NBC makes me ride further and Strava makes me ride faster, logging my data in a couple extra places really isn't that difficult, it all loads direct from my Garmin anyway. Now if only my LBS could make my rear derailleur stop acting up and I could ride without wasting energy cursing that thing ;)

Wed May 29 12:50:00 2013 Pittsburgh has over 130,000 miles. One key piece in their lead is that they have over 1200 people registered. We can catch up, we just need to get everyone who is riding a bike in Greater Cleveland to register and start logging their miles. Spread the word.

Sun May 26 15:59:00 2013 Hey Cleveland Challengers. I am riding for Cleveland but when I log in, it takes me to the national page. My zip code is included in my account.... Anybody have any idea why I'm having a hard time being included in the Cleveland Page.

Wed May 22 09:17:00 2013 I got into a hit and run with a dark minivan at Lake and Cornwall in Rocky River around 6:30pm yesterday (05/21). The driver hooked a right turn onto Cornwall off of Lake with no blinker. I'm reasonably certain he was on the phone too. I did not get the plate, all I know is that it was a fairly new looking dark (black?) minivan; maybe a Chrysler, not sure. If anyone saw anything and/or hears anything, please speak up. I am not injured but quite ticked off. Thanks.

Sun May 19 20:22:00 2013 So I currently have three medals. Does this mean I get 3 free beers when I visit Pittsburgh in a couple of weeks at OTB? Yinzerz better gimme my pints for CLE miles! #rustcrown

Fri May 17 22:45:00 2013 I did some math(first time in years) and our top ten at 10:46pm Friday evening had 8,019 points compared to Schlitzburghs 7,729. So our front page is almost 300 miles ahead of there's!!! But we are down riders. And Pittsburgh is a much more centralized city so it's easier to ride to where you need to be making it much easier to reduce those goose-egg days. If we have any hope at this rust belt crown, we need more riders and we need those riders to put in at least a mile(or more) each and every day. Some of us(most of us) consider that a lot of fun! Lets do this Clevelanders!!! It's a 5 month challenge, we have plenty of time. Lets be the tortoise to their hare!!!

Fri May 17 13:49:00 2013 I just checked out the Pittsburgh stats on their Endomondo site.They have like 10 Marty Mc Party's to our 1 and the top 10 Pittsburgh teams have at least 6,900 points. What do we need to do to start kicking some ass?! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Fri May 17 09:36:00 2013 Had a GREAT time this morning riding into Downtown Cleveland, and then at The Bike Rack - great group of people!! Really enjoyed the chair massage, and meeting everyone... National Bike to Work Day! WHAT FUN! :)

Thu May 9 23:19:00 2013 Right...(Ray/Marty)...and its not really sandbagging (ok maybe..but who cares :)...if you ride the entire week, but dont log it until the end of the week, as long as you are entering them per the day you ride, you are only helping yourself (and CLE) because you then get the points for the days you rode...20 Challenge points are awarded for each day you ride at least 1 mile1 Challenge point is awarded for each mile riddenSo, by putting 100 miles in on friday, when you actually rode 20 miles for 5 days..you are only getting 120 points.but if you enter them on the days you rode, you are then getting 100 points for the miles, and 100 for the days.so..REMEMBER THAT SANDBAGGERS! *grin*

Thu May 9 11:44:00 2013 You get the 20 points per day you log at least 1 mile, no matter when you log it. So, you can log them all at the end of the month if you choose, just be sure you record them by day, don't just say you rode 500 miles on a single day.

Thu May 9 10:23:00 2013 @ Jim...awesome!! Hope to see you in the morning!And great on the mile tally! and note: to gain more points (not just miles...) each day you log, you get yada yada points. if you log em all at once on one day, you only get points for that day plus the miles. stretch yer miles to the max :)

Thu May 9 09:03:00 2013 Im looking forward to Riding 33 miles to Work on Bike Day May 17th. I will tally up my rides from the GPS for May with Cleveland Touring Club. Hopefully if we all do that we can beat Pittsburgh.

Tue May 7 09:34:00 2013 For anyone who is curious, here is the link to the Pittsburgh challenge page:-http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national-After visiting, you'll have to click on national and then local again to get back here

Mon May 6 21:07:00 2013 PS...any long distance riders who want to rack up some miles against PGH riding TO PGH...August 24th, some of us are riding down for the Aug 25th Pedal PGH event. Although its a little ways off, something to look forward to :) Consider joining in! (Route: TBD)

Mon May 6 21:05:00 2013 Gary...i SOOOOOOO wish i was doing TOSRV this year (especially since i will be in cBus for the Ohio Women's Bike Summit on Friday) but duties in CLE call me home :( RIDE FOR ME! and I hope to make it next year!

Mon May 6 13:14:00 2013 There are quite a few riders in the area that are not in the Cleveland challenge. Apparently there is a glitch in the system which is keeping people in the wrong one if they signed up prior to a community being created or updated to include different regions. I was in the Columbus group all last year and this year as well. When I started noticing familiar names on the Ohio leaderboard that weren't on my local one, I found them over here. I had to edit my profile to remove my zip code and then add it back in so I could get moved here. I left a comment on the Columbus board before I left and also on the national one, so maybe others will follow suit and get picked up in Cleveland.

Sat May 4 10:07:00 2013 Marty, no worries you are not taking crazy pills. The BikePGH logo is up there as part of the Rustbelt Battle of the bikes promo to show the challenge is between Bike CLE and Bike PGH. We need to crank up our miles to catch up.

Tue Apr 30 22:37:00 2013 Please keep our friends and fellow Mind Brain cyclists Laura and George Faulkner in your hearts and prayers... George was hit by a car this evening while cycling in the Cleveland area. He is currently being treated in the hospital... Please send them both healing thoughts and mention them in your prayers

Tue Apr 30 10:58:00 2013 Face to face, out in the heat ... Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry They stack the odds, still we take to the street For the kill with the skill to survive... -Hand me that "Rye of the Tiger", Bro

Thu Apr 25 10:28:00 2013 So...you know what will log some good miles:Pan Ohio Hope Ride. (w00t!)GOBA | Dog Days | Sunday in June | TOSVR | MS150or.... BIKING TO PGH. :)Some of us are doing the 139mi trek August 24th, to attend the Aug 25th Pedal PGH event. (note: B pace/find yer own way back/place to stay/etc...) but if you wanna century plus on a what is sure to be a scorching hot Saturday...we are leaving bright and early that Saturday morning :)(and we will stop for Ice Cream and BEER along the way)

Wed Apr 24 14:20:00 2013 I won't have the same amount of free time that I did during last year's Bike Challenge but I still plan on biking as much as I can (and everyday too, by the way). I just wanted to let some people know in case they thought I was slacking. ;) Good luck everyone!

Mon Apr 22 12:50:00 2013 My calories burned calculation is not working. I do not use the endomono app. Putting miles in manually worked fine last year. I'm pedaling my ass off and I want those numbers. If you enter your miles manually check your Challenge profile and see it its working for you. I had Jacob contact Endomono for a fix early last week. No word back from Endomondo on getting this worked out. Maybe if enough complaints are reported they will fix this.

Sun Apr 21 15:02:00 2013 Dennis, post the question here http://endomondo.helpserve.com/Tickets/Submit. Select NBC support. My guess would be that imported miles are not automatically associated with the challenge for some reason.

Sun Apr 21 09:50:00 2013 Anyone else having problems uploading with their Garmin? I have the 500 and can upload to my personal page but it will not let me u[pload to the challenge. My plugin is up to date.

Sat Apr 20 23:15:00 2013 There is now a Facebook event for the Bike Challenge in CLE - http://goo.gl/KoexK. Check it, and feel free to use it to talk some trash. Bike Cleveland will also use it (along with the news section to the left) to provide updates and future Bike Challenge events.

Wed Apr 17 19:23:00 2013 Shelli, went out yesterday and 5 mins in started to pour.. that was the most miserable 2 miles in my life. Got 6+ in tonight so i feel better about that. I think we have a mutual friend, i work with Donna B.

Wed Apr 17 09:12:00 2013 OMG Leah...I made up for my IdontWannaRide10miInTheRain yesterday...this morning. Some messenger-ish dude silently challenged me down Euclid. Let's just say I had to use more deodorant upon work arrival. (let's also say that next time? He can pull me 3/4 of the way vs. the other way around. jerk. ha)

Mon Mar 25 08:10:00 2013 We were motivated by snow in the forecast to ride yesterday. Cold toes and fingertips for a few miles, even with full shoecovers, gloves and wool tights. But the roads were clear, cars were few, and it turned out to be a fine first ride of spring. Plus it helps mentally since 4 inches of new snow fall in time for the Monday commute.

Sun Mar 24 21:22:00 2013 Paul, you can create a team by clicking the "leaderboard" above, then about halfway down the page selecting "teams," then on the right there will be a link to "create or join a team". You can invite peopel to join your team once it is created. Teams can be any number of individuals.

Sat Mar 9 07:52:00 2013 CLE Cyclists! 30 Days of Biking - is open for Registration... add your daily pictures and stories to this Global event and online diary of cycling, while adding points to your endomondo team starting April 1st.

Fri Mar 8 07:52:00 2013 CLE Cyclists! 30 Days of Biking - is open for Registration... add your daily pictures and stories to this Global event and online diary of cycling, while adding points to your endomondo team starting April 1st.

Wed Feb 13 17:18:00 2013 30 Days of Biking is hoping for a big Cle turnout!

The 2013 round of 30 days of biking begins on April 1, 2013, and will last 30 days. Registration will open in March! —30DOB: is a community of joyful cyclists, founded in 2010. Pledge to ride your bike every day every April, then share your adventures online!

Mon Sep 3 15:23:00 2012 Agreed, on the west side hopefully. This challenge has been a blast. First year on the bike, logged over 2000 miles since May. Looking forward to a couple more before New Years. Thanks Mind Brain!

Mon Sep 3 15:23:00 2012 Agreed, on the west side hopefully. This challenge has been a blast. First year on the bike, logged over 2000 miles since May. Looking forward to a couple more before New Years. Thanks Mind Brain!

Mon Sep 3 10:51:00 2012 To my fellow Mind Brainer's thanks for a fun challenge. Next year I hope to put in more miles, then again I had some pretty good excuses with my broken hip and torn retina. Still, I truly enjoy riding with you guys. We need to ge a large MBSC ride together before the cool weather sets in.

Mon Sep 3 10:51:00 2012 To my fellow Mind Brainer's thanks for a fun challenge. Next year I hope to put in more miles, then again I had some pretty good excuses with my broken hip and torn retina. Still, I truly enjoy riding with you guys. We need to ge a large MBSC ride together before the cool weather sets in.

Sun Sep 2 22:21:00 2012 So what's the deal. Is this bike challenge site going to stay live for the rest of the year? In which case I encourage Katie S. to follow my live GPS workouts to verify honesty......

Sat Sep 1 15:35:00 2012 Like many of you, whenever I have a free moment I think of biking. I love it! Thanks Mind Brain for a great year!!

Sat Sep 1 15:35:00 2012 Like many of you, whenever I have a free moment I think of biking. I love it! Thanks Mind Brain for a great year!!

Sat Sep 1 06:06:00 2012 No breaks here. Gotta keep training for next season!!! Gone from a super casual weekend cruiser to hopefully racing and touring someday. This has been an awesome challenge and it was cool to meet a couple competitors this evening after the CCM. See y'all next year!

Sat Sep 1 06:06:00 2012 No breaks here. Gotta keep training for next season!!! Gone from a super casual weekend cruiser to hopefully racing and touring someday. This has been an awesome challenge and it was cool to meet a couple competitors this evening after the CCM. See y'all next year!

Sat Sep 1 06:06:00 2012 No breaks here. Gotta keep training for next season!!! Gone from a super casual weekend cruiser to hopefully racing and touring someday. This has been an awesome challenge and it was cool to meet a couple competitors this evening after the CCM. See y'all next year!

Fri Aug 31 23:55:00 2012 I have really become addicted to cycling through this challenge and the last weeks with a ripped up miniscus have really driven the point home! - Proud of my city, pround of My Team : Mind Brain Social Club!

Thu Aug 30 23:14:00 2012 6 days off the bike..... felt like a year. Glad to be back on and spending tomorrow riding down to the Critical Mass ride. Lets have a good showing, and get us over the quarter-mil mark. See ya'll tomorrow, let's wear Yellow

Tue Aug 28 16:38:00 2012 Check out the wrap-up newsletter with information about providing feedback on the challenge and how to share your favorite bike rides with the rest of the region. http://eepurl.com/oLgQ9

Fri Aug 17 12:09:00 2012 I think that if everyone who started logging miles in May and thought the Challenge ended on May 31 would come back and post their miles from June 1 to the present, we'd end up with over 300,000!

Sun Jul 29 17:38:00 2012 Rode the Sweet Corn Challenge today--the weather was much more pleasant than last year, but the century was no less challenging--nasty little hills at the end! Anybody else out there this Sunday?

Sat Jun 30 21:27:00 2012 Encouragement Lannoch! I'm an amature too:) my prob is that when I do get back I'm going to want to take a long break! That's prob when you'll catch me!! And yeah, it'll be nice to collect a paycheck again :p

Sat Jun 30 19:13:00 2012 Well, it's been a while since I've been called by my last name by a stranger, but I definitelly feel a re-new sense of urgency to ride more than my amature ass has ridden before after that response to what was meant to be encouragement. Miles baby, miles.

Sat Jun 30 18:50:00 2012 Haha. Are you kidding? I'd love to but I'd lose my consistent paycheck in the process of trying. Seriously though, it's awesome to see what you're doing on the national scale. Keep going!!!

Wed Jun 27 17:12:00 2012 I love logging my miles in here. I use "MapMyRun" app for all running and cycling acticvities adn just transfer things over, which seems to work well. My Garmin is OK... but doesn't hook into satellites as quickly.

Fri Jun 22 19:27:00 2012 Got about 13 miles into the Friday evening ride and found myself with a thirst that water and electrolytes sports drink couldn't satisfy... Thanks heavens they still serve beer to cyclists... Nothing a few dortmunders won't handle before soldiering on.

Fri Jun 22 10:44:00 2012 I've been loving the Euclid corridor since they put it in, but mostly because traffic is so light. Having a bike lane is nice but it does give a false sense of security since it doesn't prevent cars from turning right into your lane. I deal with that almost daily!

Wed Jun 20 16:29:00 2012 Hey there! Great to find this group! I have been riding from Shaker to downtown at least a couple times a week since Februrary (when I'm in town) since the weather's been so amazing. Good to see this happening... Cheers!

Tue Jun 19 11:40:00 2012 I take Euclid out (east) during the morning rush and never get the light. I take Prospect back (west) in the afternoon rush and it usually lines up all right. Plus, there is almost always a traffic cop posted there these days. Looking forward to the Prospect bike lanes, whenever they come along...

Tue Jun 19 09:48:00 2012 @ phil...yah, the afternoon is HORRIBLE. the morning, however, isnt bad at all. but i will admit, i will use the crosswalk before heading onto prospect west, because with the backup of vehicles turning south on 9th? the poor cop is stuck in the middle of a cluster of non moving cars...so even walking is faster now! lol

Sun Jun 17 23:03:00 2012 I definitelly worked muscles I've never worked before stopping. The top of my knees burned. It got easier at the end when I stoppe fighting it but I can see how it takes years to really have control over that style of riding. And clipping in was fun in the no-coast mode

Sun Jun 17 21:01:00 2012 Only got in a couple miles this weekend because I spent the weekend in Philadelphia celebrating the life of a friend who recently passed by partying at FDR skatepark. I Was able to get in 10 miles riding around downtown on a fixed gear bike with a former NYC bike messenger... My first time riding fixed....Wow, amazing how different that style of riding is. Much respect to you non-coasters

Fri Jun 15 09:58:00 2012 I was almost just run down while crossing the street at East 9th and Euclid by one of the Cleveland Bike Challenge's higher points riders. She blew the red light at 9th completely oblivious to pedestrians in the crosswalk and ended up stranded in the middle of 9th with traffic whizzing on both sides of her. This is what drivers (and pedestrians) rightly hate about cyclists. Not to mention she could get herself killed. Please don't be be so wreckless!

Fri Jun 15 07:53:00 2012 Endomondo is somehow systematically robbing me of fractions of miles. I use Cyclemeter to track export a GPX file and import into Endomondo, and it's always different. Yesterday morning Cyclemeter tracked 11.42 miles, Endomondo imported it as 10.88. This morning the difference was 8.01/7.67. I did a ride last Saturday where the difference was 25.08/24.14. What could possibly be causing this?

Wed Jun 13 22:30:00 2012 OMG, what fantastic weather! Wanted to just blow past the office and keep riding this morning. Have recruited a new commuter. He bought a new bike last week Tomorrow may be his first day. Stay tuned!

Tue Jun 12 20:16:00 2012 Hello to the trio of Towpath commuters (southbound in afternoon). It's great to see you all out there day after day. Maybe sometime we can stop and have a sip of water together.

Sun Jun 10 17:19:00 2012 Amazing time today riding the "Sunday in June". Wish I could have met some other National challengers though.... Makes me kinda think their should be a casual ride on Sunday, July 1st for all of us to rack-up miles and make Cleveland a big presence early in next months tally. Heck, maybe we can even get some new riders involved. Would anybody else be up for that?

Thu May 31 14:45:00 2012 our points haven't changed all day so I'm guessing there is a snag in the system somewhere....... Although I have seen the BCP score change violently a couple times, especially when Mind Brain gets close....... weird :)

Sat May 26 22:50:00 2012 One of our Mind Brain Social Club Riders had his wheel get stuck in a deep crack in the road this week, went over the handle bars and broke his collar bone... Please send Pat Gilbert some good vibes and keep him in your thoughts and prayers...

Sat May 26 13:41:00 2012 Been using the iPhone app B.iCycle. I like it and probably will not switch to Endomondo. Anyways its an honor system really. If you cheat here, yo just suck and someday will get your just reward.

Sat May 26 11:12:00 2012 First half of the month I used the "Map my ride" site to see what the distance was and logged it manually but now I use the endomondo app. Sometimes it wigs out an skips miles but usually it works really good.

Sat May 26 07:26:00 2012 I'm guessing a lot of people are using the Endomondo mobile app to log miles. I use the Cyclemeter app, then export a GPX file from there and import it here on the site. It's an extra step but I've been using Cyclemeter for a few years and find it more accurate.

Thu May 24 15:49:00 2012 It's about the same as it was when you got your flats. I've been bunny-hopping the big seams at both ends of the bridge. Keep in mind that on the way into Tremont, you technically have to walk the bike across from W. 19th to 11th.

I've sent a complaint to ODOT about the conditions. If I don't see something improve in the next week or so, I'll keep trying.

Wed May 23 09:25:00 2012 I may have to trade my 3-speed English lightweight for a mountain bike due to all of the road construction (destruction) along my commute route on Abby Ave, and soon on the Lorain Carnegie Bridge. The irony here is that these roads are being rendered impassable by bicycles in order to install bicycle lanes. I hope ODOT can complete these faster than the West 3rd street lift bridge is taking.

Wed May 16 11:52:00 2012 Thanks Jacob, I believe they know that here but our building just had a makeover, and management sees bikes in the building as eye-sores I guess. I’ve been riding to work for more than 25 years, and riding to this building for the last 20 years off and on and we have never lost money or customers because we had bikes in our cubes or the aisle. But with the makeover things are different. Hope they reconsider, but until then, I drive to work. After all, I see my bike like they see the new carpet and paint at work. I take pride in my bike, and I am not going to just leave it outside the building. I had a bike stolen many years ago, and shame on me if I allow that to happen again. Thanks for the input.

Tue May 15 16:42:00 2012 Yea, ummmm, Ok, Bike Cleveland Pros, If you could stop getting giant point leaps every time we get close to you in score..... yea.... that would be greeeeeaaaaatttttttt....... kthxbai.

Tue May 15 15:32:00 2012 Bruce, share this statistic with your workplace: By encouraging employees to bike commute, Minnesota company QBP saved $170,000 in health care costs over three years and $301,136 in employee productivity every year

Tue May 15 10:19:00 2012 I am really motivated, but hit a road block with riding to work. This year, they outlawed bikes at work, so we have no place to safely store them during the day. Hope they rethink this soon otherwise I will be driving the car in every day, and not just those pesky rain days.

Wed May 9 15:58:00 2012 Be on the look out for a Giant Iguana Mountain Bike (circa 1995). The bike is charcoal-black with a rustic flame design interwined on the frame. The bike also had a spedometer/mirror/back tail lights (I had removed the front light). The bike was stolen from outsidde Lava Lounge Saturday night.

Sun May 6 16:53:00 2012 Man. Biking for transport in Mayfield Heights is rugged. SOM/Mayfield intersection is downright frightening and there are NO bike racks at Golden Gate Plaza. I had to chain up to a garbage bin. There's one rack in Eastgate Plaza, outside the Target. This needs to change!

Sat May 5 12:26:00 2012 18 miles for Jim Little and I to the North Union Farmers Market at Shaker Square for asparagus, lots of greens, mushrooms, and hot pepper plants. Then a stop at Gallucci's for wine and cheese.

Fri May 4 13:12:00 2012 Chris...from main page indicates "All bike rides count, but a point system is in place that heavily credits daily trips giving people who use bikes for transportation an advantage (+20 points for each day you ride +1 for each mile.)"

Fri May 4 12:54:00 2012 Chris, I don't think that is correct. There is nothing stated in the rules that only transport miles count towards your point total. Also, my sport miles have contributed to my total points.

Fri May 4 10:10:00 2012 Remember, Clevelanders: Only miles logged as "cycling, transport" count for the Bike Challenge. So, if you take that ride through the Metroparks or around your neighborhood, make sure you do something "transporty" like communting to your favorite thinking spot (i.e.: wherever you are), carrying an important leaf from your house to the park, or just transporting your Bad Self around the block.

Thu May 3 10:41:00 2012 Michael, now we know your secret! Marty, I'm down with that plan. We've got $725 to spend after 2 days. I'm thinking that will get us about 50 linear feet of the good paint and a 6-back of Holy Moses. We've got a long way to go!

Sun Apr 29 23:05:00 2012 I wouldn't call it trash talking as much as I would call it motivational speaking. The last time we minced words, you're team rode for 250+ points worth of mileage.... That was impressive!!!! Like crazy, nearly impossible impressive. But let's ride in solidarity into the new month. I'm hiding my car keys for the challenge....

Sat Apr 28 13:45:00 2012 A core piece of Bike Cleveland's vision is to foster a culture for safe biking on our neighborhood and city streets. We need to make our streets intuitive and safe for everyone. To start this process will be introducing ordinances to cities that will make our streets safer for biking (watch for those to be introduced in Cleveland soon) and implementing a share the road campaign. We also understand that to get more people comfortable biking we need to build infrastructure that will get kids and families biking. This infrastructure includes bike lanes, sharrows, and bike paths. I would love to talk with you more about Bike Cleveland's strategy and vision for cycling in our region. E-mail me at [email protected] Ride on!

Sat Apr 28 09:15:00 2012 We must educate society that bicycles are vehicles that should be driven on the same roads, by the same rules and with the same rights as other drivers. And bike lanes send exactly the wrong message.

Wed Apr 25 16:18:00 2012 Each person on a team gets 20 points for every ride they take, plus 1 point for every mile they ride. So if you ride 5 miles you get 25 points. It is built to give priority over commuting, but still gives points for those biking for recreation (which are usually longer trips).

Wed Apr 25 14:25:00 2012 I guess I'm still trying to figure out how this whole point-ranking system works. seeing as how one of the teams jumped over 250 points in under 12 hours..... not sure how that works. Would love to know though before may 1st.

Tue Apr 24 19:53:00 2012 Hey Team "Bike Cleveland Board". Team "Mind Brain" just burned you like the 9 Pabst Blue Ribbons I burned after my ride tonight. STEP UP if you want your podium spot back. Calling you out now (in a friendly M.B. social club) way when this thing goes official May 1st.

91 people have registered for the Cleveland Bike Challenge, and logged over 3,500 miles in the pre-challenge warm-up. WHOAAA!!

Remember that this is a national challenge, which means we are competing against cities across the US. Lets show the rest of the country how much we ride in Cleveland. Tell your friends, co-workers, and friends to sign-up and start warming-up for the Challenge, which begins May 1st.

If you haven't done so already be sure to put together a team. You can learn how by watching the videos at BikeCleveland.org/Challenge. Lets have over 115 people registered by the end of the weekend!

Sun Mar 25 23:10:00 2012 Great to see people are logging in to warm-up before the Bike Cleveland Challenge starts on May 1st. Invite your friends, family, and coworkers. You can invite people through Facebook, or by inviting them to join your team (teams of 10 are encouraged). The goal is to log over 100,000 miles between May and the end of August. That is the equivalent of riding around the earth 4 times!

Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969 Anyone else having problems uploading with their Garmin? I have the 500 and can upload to my personal page but it will not let me u[pload to the challenge. My plugin is up to date.